The Seventh International Heat Transfer Conference was held at the Technische Universitat Munchen, Munchen, Fed. Rep. of Germany, September 6-10, 1982. The conference was organized under the authority of the Assembly for International Heat Transfer Conferences by DECHEMA Deutsche Gesellschaft fur chemisches Apparatewesen e.V., Frankfurt/Main, Fed. Rep. of Germany, in cooperation with the International Scientific Committee, the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chemie- und Verfahrenstechnik (DGCV), and the German Scientific and Executive Committees.